Look up: jumper

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   jumper
   [n] - an athlete who competes at jumping 2. [n] - a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections 3. [n] - a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen 4. [n] - a sleeveless dress resembling an apron 5. [n] - a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
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   Jumper
   A small tab that can be found on many accelerators, processors, etc to enable or disable certain features of the hardware.
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   Jumper
   A device, either hardware or software, that connects one point of a drive circuit to another in order to provide a specific function.
   Found on http://www.sprint-electric.com/glossary.
   
   
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   jumper
   (hardware) A removable wire or small plug whose presence or absence is used to determine some aspect of hardware configuration. (1995-03-14)
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   jumper
   A component or wire that forms a discrete electrical connection between conductive areas on the external surface of a circuit board. Some jumpers are added during normal assembly, through-hole components using formed wire, and surface mount assemblies using zero-ohm chip resistors. Others are pluggable components.
   Found on http://www.ami.ac.uk/courses/topics/0100
   
   
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   jumper
   in a DECT user environment:mechanical interlocking method and semi-permanent cross-connection wire on a main or cross-connection point Category: News-systems and communications • a short length of electrical conductor used temporarily to complete a circuit or to bypass an existing circuit Category: Electrical engineering and energy • for any jump ball, each jumper shall hav...
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   Jumper
   a long metal bar, with a chisel head, used in quarrying to drill a hole to receive blasting powder. A skilled gang of three men, one holding two alternately hammering, could drill amazingly deep even holes.
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   Jumper
   Jump'er noun 1. One who, or that which, jumps. 2. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen. 3. A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. [ U.S.] J. F. Cooper. 4. (Zoology) The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly , under Cheese . 5. (E ...
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   Jumper
   Jump'er noun [ See 1st Jump .] A loose upper garment ; as: (a) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it. (b) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.
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    Jumper
    Jump'er noun A thing that jumps; esp., any of various tools or other contrivances operating with a jumping motion; as, (Mining, Quarrying, etc.) , an instrument for boring holes in rocks by percussion without hammering, consisting of a bar of iron with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
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    jumper
    1. One who, or that which, jumps. ... 2. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen. ... 3. A rude kind of sleigh; usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. ... 4. <zoology> The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. ... 5. A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calv ...
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    jumper
    pinafore noun a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
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    jumper
    jump shot noun (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
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    Jumper
    • (n.) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it. • (n.) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece. • (n.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions. • (n.) A ...
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    jumper
    
    1. an athlete who bounds or leaps (as in basketball)
    2. a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections
    3. a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen
    4. a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
    
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    jumper
    a short length of conductor, not under mechanical tension, making an electrical connection between two separate sections of a line
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/
    
    
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    jumper
    a connecting wire across a distribution frame
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/